I don’t mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.
INDIRA GANDHIIn any case, I married Feroze Gandhi. Once I get an idea in my head, no one in the world can make me change my mind.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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Muslim women had to go out in purdah, that heavy sheet that covers even the eyes. Hindu women had to go out in the doli, a kind of closed sedan chair like a catafalque. My mother always told me about these things with bitterness and rage.
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Life is a continuous process of adjustment.
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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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The future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
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I’ve never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don’t allow themselves any other activities.
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Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
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Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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As my father [Javāharlāl Nehrū] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it – otherwise ideas slip away like sand between your fingers.
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I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger well, one must risk the danger.
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As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.
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My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
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Difficulties can’t be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them. The only thing is to accept them, if possible overcome them, otherwise to come to terms with them. It’s all right to fight, yes, but only when it’s possible.
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Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
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